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Criminal Defense Advice for Those Accused of Sex Crimes

President Trump signed a controversial bill called SESTA-FOSTA in an attempt to crack down on sex trafficking in the United States. The bill passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in Congress. But critics including the ACLU believe it will shut down free expression on the web. And independent sexworkers fear they will be less safe without access to online tools and communities for screening clients.

Prostitution (sexwork / escorting, and other sexual services) is illegal in almost all of the US except for some legal brothels in Nevada. It is easy to find people who do this work because they genuinely enjoy it, including interviews on mainstream podcasts, And for many sex workers, it is a fairly well-paying job that is easy to get into and beats many of the alternatives for low-wage labor available.

Yet, despite its illegality, there is a vast demand for paid sex. The marketplace has always been slightly underground, though not hard to find. For years, you could find prostitution on Craiglist and Backpage. But now, with the shutdown of Backpage.com, the sex trade will be forced into the darker recesses of the internet, and for some, back onto the street. [click to continue…]

School talks where local prosecutors and law enforcement talk to students about the dangers of “sexting”, or sending illicit photos are becoming increasingly common. While teen sexting is a societal issue and a problem for kids, the question of whether serious felony charges is an appropriate answer is rarely asked.

A local Alabama district attorney spoke to students at the Verbana High School, in Chilton County, AL about how “sexting” could result in life changing felony criminal charges and a 10 year prison sentence.

It is technically true that under the law, any transmission of nude images of a person under 17, or even just possessing such a photo on your iPad can result in a child pornography charge with up to a 10 year prison sentence attached. Many state laws do not make any distinction between kids sending and sharing photos of themselves willingly (if foolishly) or adults exploiting kids photos for their own gratification.

Specifically, under Alabama state law Possession of child pornography is a class C felony. Even if it is just a picture of yourself. And it also includes a requirement that you register as a sex offender for the rest of your life. [click to continue…]

A bill to create new misdemeanor criminal charges for teens caught sexting has been passed by the Colorado state legislature, and now awaits signing by Governor Hickenlooper. Under previous existing law, any incident of “sexting”, i.e. transmission of a sexually explicit photo or video via mobile phone, is currently considered a felony child pornography sex offense, […]

California has decriminalized prostitution for minors as a way to treat underage sex workers as victims and not criminals. As of January 1, 2017, Governor Jerry Brown signed the bill into law that protects young girls from criminal penalties associated with being trafficked for prostitution. Under the new law, young people caught in prostitution arrests will also […]

“Sextortion” is the act of threatening someone if they do not send you a revealing, nude, or sexy photo, or “sext“. It is most commonly an issue with teens and juveniles. For example, if a girl sends her boyfriend a suggestive photo, and the boy threatens the girl with sending it to her parents or […]

What exactly is a “Sexting ring”? It sounds scandalous and illegal. But that is what is reported as having happened at a middle school in Rapid City, South Dakota. KOTA-TV reports about the “ring”, and that 40 students were caught and disciplined for, what one can only guess, involved a group sharing of “sexts”, or, […]

Many people consider prostitution and related sex offenses “victimless” crimes, a sort of agreement between two or more people to enter into a criminal business arrangement where no one get hurt. But increasingly, states are treating the oldest profession in the world as part of the larger sex trafficking phenomena, changing the way prostitution cases […]

If there is any single category of crime that gets a disproportionate amount of disdain from both lawmakers and the public, it’s sex offenses. And a new story out of Indiana is a good example of this. Two sex offenders slashed their sentences by following guidelines used by all inmates. But their early release, unlike […]

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